A trucker sentenced for his role in an accident that killed a Strip District pedestrian wasn't the first driver to hit the victim that day --- and he wasn't the last.

A trucker sentenced for his role in an accident that killed a Strip District pedestrian wasn't the first driver to hit the victim that day --- and he wasn't the last.

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Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Jul 15, 2014

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WEBVTT SOURCES INfZA HOSPITALS OR ANYYkxx LIVE IíF÷ NEWSROOM,Lj÷ PITTSBURGH ACTION NEWS 4. THa A DRIVER WHO RAN OVER A WOMAN IN THE STRIP DISTRICT AND THEN FLED THE SCENE LEARNS HIS FATE TODAY. PITTSBURGH ACTION NEW 'PO CF1 O REPORTER BOB MAYO WAS IN THE COURTROOM FOR THAT SENTENCING. BOB, YOU'RE LIVEìáhÖR] rWK g NEITHER THE PROSECUTOR OR THE VICTIM'S@/ FAMILY SUGGE/ó+G%U$IS TRUCKER WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THAT PEDESTRIAN. OF DRIVING ON, HE MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND HIMSELF STANDING BEFORE THE JUDGE FOR SENTENCING TODAY.9kWx÷ NOT ONE, BUT THREE DRIVERS HIT THE 53-YEAR-OLD OF WESTKqdiz MIFFLIN AS SHE WAS CROSSING NEAR 14f= THE STRIP DISTRICT THAT DECEMBER 2012F#8F AY0ORNING. THE OTHER TWO DRIVERS STOPPED, BUT 62-YEAR-OLD TRUCKER/Ud1j BRIAN JAMISON OF CANADA DID NOT. HE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED. HE HAS BEEN DRIVING TRUCK FOR DRIVING TRUCKS AND HE HIT A HUMAN BEING. HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. Reporter: THE DEATH HAS BEEN A DEVASTATING LOSS TO HER FAMILY. HER DAUGHTER TOLD THE COURT. MVQ;w SHE WASùl THE GLUE THAT HELD/0 OUR FAMILY TOGETHER. THERE'S A HUGE VOID NOW THAT CANNOT BE FILLED, AND ALL OF OUR HEARTS ARE 4SRJfBROKEN. Reporter: AT THE TIME, POLICE-a%Ñ RELEASED A SECURITY CAMERA&(5÷÷ IMAGE OF THE TRUCK JAMISON WAS DRIVING TO HELP LOCATE HIM. HE'S ALWAYS SAID HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE HIT HER. WE NEVER WANTED FOR HIM TO SPEND3P0 HIS LIFE IN PRISON, WE KNEW IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. WEp WANTED HIMí<é÷ TO OWN UP TO HAVING SOME PART IN IT. Reporter: HIS mzuG ENTENCE, SIX MONTHS HOUSE ARREST WITH ELECTRONIC (ZC♪MOf HE'LL GET CREDIT FOR 81hñUx DAYS ALREADY yñ fCu♪SERVED. JAMISON TOLD JUDGE TOM FLAHERTY, I'M EXTREMELY SORRY I WAS IN ANY WAY=l%Ñl FAMILY HAS I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GENUINE.BKd8yJZñ!O THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING, HE SHOWED NOejuZz REMORSE AND I THINK THAT HE STILL SHOWS NO REMORSE. Reporter: SOMETHING THE VIZz-C) s♪ WANTEDíNN PART OF THE SENTENCE, THE JUDGE DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO GRANT. THEY WANTED TO SEE HIS COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR LIFE.-çODÑ PENNDOT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SUSPEND IT FOR A YEAR. THEY DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY OVER WHAT CANADIAN AUTHORITIES WILL

Trucker sentenced in death of Strip District pedestrian

A trucker sentenced for his role in an accident that killed a Strip District pedestrian wasn't the first driver to hit the victim that day --- and he wasn't the last.